VOLUME 29, NUMBER 7 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1997
Reporter

Latte, please
Robin Cornwell, left, of Metro Express has coffee services on North and South campuses. Here, she serves up a four-star coffee to Karen Fien, a post-doctoral student in the Department of Microbiology. (See story on new campus coffee spots.)


Earthquake center gets $10 million grant; Berkeley, Illinois join UB as National Science Foundation expands research efforts
The University at Buffalo's National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER) has been awarded a $10 million grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a Center for Advanced Technologies in Earthquake Loss Reduction.

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NSF decision will bolster scientific efforts; President, chancellors issue statement
The National Science Foundation's decision to extend and expand its support of earthquake-engineering research will bolster the ongoing scientific efforts at the University of California at Berkeley, the University at Buffalo and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign to mitigate the potentially devastating effects of earthquakes around the world.

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Top Stories...

· Campaign launched against racist graffiti
· Tomasi, Hyman to be honored at University Convocation Oct. 15
· Coffee 'spots' bubble up on campus
· Many accomplishments in NCEER's 11 years
· Academic Planning Committee to study vote procedures; Music education on FSEC agenda
· Music faculty majority endorses recommendation for change
· New, improved mortar could cut costs; Chung's method could lower repair costs for older brick buildings
· Teams awarded multidisciplinary research grants
· Psychologist urges end to corporal punishment
· No link found between pesticides, breast cancer risk for general population
· Rose Weinstein Memorial Award

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